Strategic review of secondary phases, defects and defect-complexes in kesterite CZTS–Se solar cells

M Kumar, A Dubey, N Adhikari… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Earth abundant kesterite copper-zinc-tin-sulfide–selenide (CZTS–Se) is considered as cost-
effective material for next generation solar cells. However, current CZTS–Se solar cells have …

Progress and prospects of CZTSSe/CdS interface engineering to combat high open-circuit voltage deficit of kesterite photovoltaics: a critical review

K Kaur, M Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
CZTSSe solar cells are considered to be potential and cost-effective alternative solutions to
mature photovoltaic technology for meeting future energy demands. However, the current …

[HTML][HTML] Point defects, compositional fluctuations, and secondary phases in non-stoichiometric kesterites

S Schorr, G Gurieva, M Guc… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The efficiency of kesterite-based solar cells is limited by various non-ideal recombination
paths, amongst others by a high density of defect states and by the presence of binary or …

Suppressing element inhomogeneity enables 14.9% efficiency CZTSSe solar cells

Y Li, C Cui, H Wei, Z Shao, Z Wu, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterites, Cu2ZnSn (SxSe1− x) 4 (CZTSSe), solar cells suffer from severe open‐
circuit voltage (VOC) loss due to the numerous secondary phases and defects. The …

Cu–Zn disorder and band gap fluctuations in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4: Theoretical and experimental investigations

JJS Scragg, JK Larsen, M Kumar… - … status solidi (b), 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTS (e)) solar cells suffer from low‐open‐circuit voltages that have
been blamed on the existence of band gap fluctuations, with different possible origins. In this …

10% Efficiency Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 thin film solar cells fabricated by magnetron sputtering with enlarged depletion region width

J Li, H Wang, M Luo, J Tang, C Chen, W Liu… - Solar energy materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract High performance Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells are fabricated by
selenization of the precursor films of Mo/Sn/Cu/ZnS/Sn/ZnS/Cu deposited by magnetron …

[HTML][HTML] Widely-tunable, multi-band Raman laser based on dispersion-managed thin-film lithium niobate microring resonators

Y Zhao, X Liu, K Yvind, X Cai, M Pu - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Stimulated Raman scattering is an attractive way to extend the operation spectral range of
optical sources. However, the spectral extension range of a tunable Raman laser is limited …

Understanding defects and band tailing characteristics and their impact on the device performance of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells

VC Karade, MP Suryawanshi, JS Jang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The main causes of the large open-circuit voltage (Voc)-deficit in kesterite-based thin-film
solar cells (TFSCs) are the high concentration of defects, related defect clusters, and poor …

[图书][B] Earth-abundant materials for solar cells: Cu2-II-IV-VI4 semiconductors

S Adachi - 2015 - books.google.com
Systematically describes the physical and materials properties of copper-based quaternary
chalcogenide semiconductor materials, enabling their potential for photovoltaic device …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced Raman spectroscopy of methylammonium lead iodide: development of a non-destructive characterisation methodology

P Pistor, A Ruiz, A Cabot, V Izquierdo-Roca - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
In recent years, there has been an impressively fast technological progress in the
development of highly efficient lead halide perovskite solar cells. However, the stability of …